2016 ADC Awards Announced: Grand Prix Goes to Otsuka Pharmaceutical's "Calorie Mate: Show Them Your True Potential." Poster and Commercial Film

The Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC) announced the 2016 ADC Awards on July 1st. Approximately 8,000 entries were submitted. The winners are: 1 ADC Grand Prix, 9 ADC Awards, 3 ADC Member Awards, and 1 Hara Hiroshi Award. The winning and outstanding works will be exhibited at the "2016 ADC Exhibition" held at the Ginza Graphic Gallery (for member works) and Creation Gallery G8 (for general works) in Chuo Ward, Tokyo (until August 6).

The top prize, the "ADC Grand Prix," was awarded to the poster and commercial film for Otsuka Pharmaceutical's "Calorie Mate: Show Them Your True Strength." (Art Director: Takuro Enomoto; Film Director: Tsugu Hisashi; Creative Director: Akihiro Fukube; Photographer: Orie Ichihashi; Photographer: Hiroki Nakajima). (Titles omitted)

 

Other award-winning works are as follows. (Titles omitted)

<ADC Award>
■ Takarajimasha "At Least Let Me Die the Way I Want" Newspaper Ad
Ryosuke Miyashita (Art Director), Yumiko Ota (Copywriter), Junpei Kato (Photographer)

■Apple Inc. "iPhone World Gallery" Newspaper Ad, Commercial Film
Heihito Futasawa (Art Director), Masaya Asai (Art Director)

■ NTT DOCOMO "Style '20" Commercial Film
Tetsuro Aso (Creative Director, Planner, Copywriter)

■Suntory "Bird Lovers' Line of Life Project"
Shogo Kishino (Art Director)

■Mitsubishi Estate Artium "Yuni Yoshida Exhibition IMAGINATOMY" Environmental Space
Yuni Yoshida (Art Director)

■Itochu Corporation "A Merchant Series" Posters and Newspaper Ads
Manabu Okamoto (Art Director), Koichiro Yamamoto (Creative Director), Mika Kunii (Copywriter), Toshikazu Hirai (Illustrator)

■Magazine Ads and Commercial Film for Toyota Motor Corporation's "G's"
Itsuki Ikezawa (Art Director), Kazuma Yamamoto (Film Director), Takeshi Nozoe (Creative Director), Stefan von Borbely (Photographer), Shoji Uchida (Photographer)

■Matsuyama City Shiki Memorial Museum "Matsuyama City Shiki Memorial Museum" poster
Nakamura Yoshio (Art Director)

■Niigata City "Water and Earth Art Festival 2015" Poster
Tsuyoshi Hosokawa (Art Director)

＜ADC Member Award＞
■Tora Gen Environmental Space, Mark & Logotype for "TORAYA CAFÉ・AN STAND"
Kaoru Kasai (Art Director), Masayoshi Nakajo (Artist)

■Japan Design Committee "Sake Poster Exhibition by 10 Graphic Designers" Poster
Kazunari Hattori (Art Director)

■Issey Miyake "PLEATS PLEASE ANIMALS" Poster and Graphic Design
Taku Sato (Art Director)

＊ADC Creator Award
Shingo Noma (Designer)

＜Hara Hiroshi Award＞
■YMP "Rose Punishment" Book & Editorial
Katsumi Asaba (Art Director)